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Radiotherapy for Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma: Analysis of Multi-institutional Data From Over 170 Patients. [PDF]

open access: yesCureus
Yamazaki H   +13 more
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Intensity modulated radiotherapy

2012
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is a radiation delivery technique that allows “dose sculpting” to improve target coverage while sparing normal tissues. In an IMRT plan, the number of photons delivered (or “fluence”) varies within a field. Such variability can be used to avoid normal structures with lower radiation tolerance than the cancer and ...
Bridget F. Koontz   +2 more
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Conformal Radiotherapy and Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy: Clinical Data

Acta Oncologica, 2000
Conformal radiotherapy (CRT) is based on three hypotheses: (i) a higher rate of local control can improve the survival rate; (ii) dose escalation can increase tumor control; and (iii) CRT allows the delivery of higher doses by decreasing the incidence of late effects. These postulates are now supported by several data.
M, Tubiana, F, Eschwège
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Submandibular Gland-sparing Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy

American Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2014
Xerostomia is one of the most debilitating late effects of head and neck radiotherapy (RT) and significantly impacts quality of life. The submandibular gland (SMG) provides approximately 70% of the unstimulated saliva that accounts for about 95% of the salivary flow during a 24-hour period. Intensity-modulated RT (IMRT) has been used in recent years to
William M, Mendenhall   +2 more
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